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Second chances

from 7 years and counting by David Halpin

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lyrics

Rest in peace; in loving memory.
Be not afraid, the Lord is always with thee now.
They will say: ‘he lived each day as if his last, and gave it all until his dying breath’.
But how could they know, the fear he felt in those final moments.

His head spun round, as he turned towards his fate
And the clocks all seemed to stop, as he fell, and the world waited.

They said he’d changed, disappeared within a abscess,
Of his mind, his chosen life, in a maze of vicious splendour.
He was lost, tired and scared, overwhelmed by raw emotion,
As it turned and twisted round, upon his face the pain was written.

A frosty church, the stillness never ending.
The mourners come, slowly bracing the windy weather.
A woman sings, atop her ivory tower she wails and still insists that she is blameless.
The case is closed, all her questions have been answered.

She wipes her eyes, as she turns towards the door.
And the crowds all seems to stop, as she smiles, to their amazement.

Ever sweet and kind, underneath a wolf in grandma’s clothing.
Still he stood, faithful by her side, in her fairy-tale unyielding.
‘Cos he’s say black, she’d say white, in a blatant manipulation.
As she turned, twisted it round, upon this page their story’s written.

There’s nothing to do, nothing to say, nowhere to be, now.
Just nothing to gain, nothing to dream, nothing left to feel.

And as I sailed, down that famous immortal river,
I was called to from the shore, felt a hand upon my shoulder.
Well all I know, is that I faced the final curtain.
And I stared death in the face, upon my gravestone it is written.

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from 7 years and counting, released March 8, 2014
Composed November/December 2013

Copyright David Halpin 2014

Recorded at the Hub Studio, Gorey - December 2013/January 2014

Engineered and MIxed by: Damian Brady

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David Halpin Bray, Ireland

Welcome!

I am David Halpin. I am 25 years old and have been playing piano and singing (though not together!) since I was 7. 10 years ago I began composing for voice and piano in a pop/alternative style, at first for others and then finally for myself. My first album: 7 years and counting is a summation of this work. ... more

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